iPad & iPhone

iOS   1 was invented in 2008 to handle the iPhone 1.

iOS   2 was invented in 2008 to handle the iPhone 3G.

iOS   3 was invented in 2009 to handle the iPhone 3GS.

iOS   4 was invented in 2010 to handle the iPhone 4.

iOS   5 was invented in 2011 to handle the iPhone 4s.

iOS   6 was invented in 2012 to handle the iPhone 5.

iOS   7 was invented in 2013 to handle the iPhone 5c   and iPhone 5s.

iOS   8 was invented in 2014 to handle the iPhone 6     and iPhone 6 Plus.

iOS   9 was invented in 2015 to handle the iPhone 6s      and iPhone 6s Plus.

iOS 10 was invented in 2016 to handle the iPhone 7     and iPhone 7 Plus.

Apple began selling the iPad 1 in April 2010 with iOS 3.2.

Apple called it the original iPad.

Apple began selling the iPad 2 in March 2011 with iOS 4.2.1.

Apple began selling the iPad 3 in March 2012 with iOS 5.1.

Apple called it the iPad 3rd generation and the new iPad.

Apple began selling the iPad 4 in November 2012 with iOS 6.

Apple called it the iPad 4^th generation and the iPad with Retina Display.

Apple also sold a smaller version (called the iPad mini).

Apple began selling the iPad 5 in November 2013 with iOS 7.0.3.

Apple called it the iPad 5^th generation and the iPad Air. It listed for $499 but is now reduced to $399. Apple also sold a smaller version (called the
iPad mini 2 and the iPad mini with Retina Display), which listed for $399 but is now reduced to $269.

Apple began selling the iPad 6 in October 2014 with iOS 8.1.

Apple called it the iPad 6^th generation and the iPad Air 2. It lists for $399.

Apple also sold a smaller version (called the iPad mini 3). Apple began selling the iPad mini 4 in September 2015; it lists for $399. Apple began selling an extra-large version, the 12.9-inch iPad Pro, in November 2015; it lists for $799.

If you have an iPad 2 or 3 or 4 or 5, you can upgrade its operating system to iOS 10, free. That upgrade makes its software imitate an iPad 6.

If you have an iPhone 4s or 5 or 5c or 5s or 6 or 6 Plus, you can upgrade its operating system to iOS 10, free. That upgrade makes its software imitate an iPhone 7.

Start

the device itself

tablet:   9½  inches tall, 6⅝ inches wide, and ¼ inch thick

phone:  5⅜  inches tall, 2⅝ inches wide, and ¼ inch thick

a power adapter (white box to plug into an electric outlet)

tablet:   1¾"´1¾"´1⅛"

phone:  1"´1"´1⅛"

a USB cable (for connecting your device to the power adapter or a computer)

an earbud set (to put in your ears, so you can listen to music privately)

a prong (to push into the phone’s side pinhole, to insert a SIM card)

2 Apple decals (so you can brag you have an Apple product)

an instruction sheet (saying how to start your device and get more info)

a safety sheet (saying how to avoid hurting your device and yourself)

Tablet The tablet’s backside is silver and says “iPad”. The tablet’s
front side is a black screen, surrounded by a border that’s black or white (depending on which color border you bought).

Phone The phone’s backside is pink, gold, silver, or gray (depending on which color you bought) and says “iPhone S”. The phone’s front side is a black screen, surrounded by a border that’s white (unless you bought the gray backside, which comes with a border that’s black).

Tablet  The Home button is a square (with rounded corners) in a circle.

Phone  The Home button is a circle.

Tablet  The Sleep/Wake button sticks out of the top edge, at the right.

Phone  The Sleep/Wake button sticks out of the right edge, near the top.

The screen shows the Apple logo (a white eaten apple). Then take your finger off the Sleep/Wake button. Put your finger in the screen’s middle and swipe to the right. (If you don’t do that soon enough, the screen will turn black and you must try again to press the Sleep/Wake button and slide your finger to the right.)

After you’ve done that successfully, the screen shows a list of languages. To use the tablet normally, tap “English” then “United States”.

You see a list of your neighborhood’s Wi-Fi networks. Tap the name of the Wi-Fi network you want to use (such as the Wi-Fi router in your home) then “Enable Location Services” then “Set Up as New iPad”.

The screen says “Apple ID”. For now, tap “Skip This Step” then “Skip” then “Agree” (which is at the screen’s bottom-right corner) then “Agree” again (in the screen’s middle) then “Don’t Add Passcode” then “Continue” then “Use Siri” then “Automatically Send” then “Get Started”.

Then you see the Home screen.

When the screen lights up, take your finger off the Sleep/Wake button. If you see the Apple logo (an eaten apple), wait.

When you finally see the time & date, do this: if the screen’s bottom says “Press home to open” (because your device was upgraded to OS 10), tap the Home button; otherwise, immediately put your finger on the screen’s middle and swipe to the right.

Then the screen shows you whatever you saw before the device turned off, so you can resume your work where you’d left off.

FaceTime              Calendar              Photos                 Camera

Contacts              Clock                    Maps                   Home

TV                        Notes                   Reminders           News

iTunes Store        App Store            iBooks                 Settings

Messages            Safari                   Mail                      Music

Mail                      Calendar              Photos                 Camera

Maps                   Clock                    Weather               Stocks

Wallet                  Notes                   Reminders           News

iTunes Store        Apps Store          iBooks                 TV

Home                   Health                  Settings

Phone                  Safari                   Messages            Music

Tap the Settings icon, which is on the Home screen.

Phone: if the screen’s top-left corner says “<”, tap that several times until it disappears.

Tap “Wi-Fi”. (If you don’t see “Wi-Fi” yet, make it appear by doing this: put your finger on the screen, near the left edge, and swipe down.)

You see a list of your neighborhood’s Wi-Fi networks. Tap the name of the Wi-Fi network you want to use (such as the Wi-Fi router in your home). If the screen says “Password”, type the router’s password then tap “Join”.

Then tap the Home button (to return the screen to normal).

Plug your device into the wall (or make sure you have at least 50% of the battery power left).

On the Home screen, tap the Settings icon.

Tap “General”. (To find that on a phone, put your finger on the screen and swipe up or down.)

Tap “Software Update”.

If the device says “Preparing Update”, above that you see a gray horizontal bar that gradually turns blue, then “Downloaded” and “iOS 10.2 is now available for your iPad.” If you see “Close”, tap it.

Follow instructions on the screen, until you see “Install Now”. Then tap “Install Now”.

The screen goes black. Then you see a black apple. Below the black apple, you see a gray horizontal line that gradually becomes black. Then the screen goes black. (Then you might see the black apple again with the gray horizontal line that gradually becomes black again, then the screen go black again.)

Tap the Home button once or twice, until you see “Update Completed”.

Tap “Continue” then “Enable location Services” (if you see that choice) then “Passcode Options” then “Don’t Add Passcode” (to keep things simple) then “Continue”.

If you have an Apple ID, type your Apple ID then tap the “return” key. (If you don’t have an Apple ID yet, tap “Don’t have an Apple ID” and follow the instructions for creating one.)

If you see “Diagnostics”, tap “Send to Apple”.

If you see “Siri”, tap “Don’t Use Siri” for now.

Tap “Get Started”.

You see the Home screen.

Tablet On the Home screen, tap the icon above “Settings”. Tap “General” (which is at the screen’s left edge). Tap “Reset” (which you see near the screen’s right edge, after you put your finger near the screen’s right edge and swipe up) then “Reset Home Screen Layout” then the red “Reset” then the Home button.

Phone On the Home screen, tap the icon above “Settings”. If the screen’s top-left corner says “<”, tap that several times, until the “<” disappears. Tap “General” (which you see after you put your finger in the screen’s middle and swipe up or down). Tap “Reset” (which you see after you put your finger in the screen’s middle and swipe up). Tap “Reset Home Screen Layout” then the red “Reset” then the Home button.

Tablet Tap the New Note icon (which is at the screen’s top-right corner and looks like a pencil writing on a square sheet of paper).

Phone If you see “Notes” under “ON MY IPHONE”, tap that “Notes”. Tap the New Note icon (which is at the screen’s bottom-right corner and looks like a pencil writing on a square sheet of paper).

Love

Why I love school

To erase a mistake, tap the Backspace key (which shows “Õ”).

The device normally makes the letters be small (uncapitalized), but it automatically capitalizes the first word in the title and in each sentence & paragraph. To change how a letter will be capitalized, tap a Shift key (which shows an up-arrow) before tapping the letter.

To Shift-lock (capitalize several letters), double-tap the Shift key (by tapping it twice without much pause between the taps), then tap the letters you want to capitalize, then tap the Shift key again.

To type a period then a space, just double-tap the space bar (by tapping the space bar then quickly tapping it again).

At the end of the title and each paragraph, tap the return key.

To type a number or symbol, tap the Number key (which is at the screen’s bottom-left corner and shows “123” on the phone, “.?123” on the tablet), so you see numbers & symbols. Tap any numbers or symbols you want. (To see more symbols, then tap the Symbol key, which shows “#+=”.) To return to the usual keyboard, tap the Alpha key (which shows “ABC”).

To type a long word, type its beginning. The keyboard’s top row shows 3 guesses about what word you’re trying to type. If one of those guesses is correct, tap it; then the computer will finish typing the word for you.

Tablet  The background is yellow.

Phone  The background is blue.

If you want to delete the words, tap the Backspace key.

If you want to move the words, do this: tap Cut, then tap the blank space where you want the words to appear, then (after a pause) tap that space again, then tap Paste.

Instead of pointing by using a finger, use a fingernail (because it’s smaller).

If you press your finger (or fingernail) onto the screen for at least a half second, you’ll see a magnifying glass that shows more clearly where you’re pressing. Drag your finger (or fingernail) to the exact position you want.

Lift the device off the desk (or table). Shake the device. Tap the blue “Undo”.

a   c   e   i   l   n   o   s   u   y   z

“period” or “comma” or “question mark” or “exclamation point” or “colon” or “semicolon” or “dash” or “new line” or “new paragraph”

To capitalize a word’s first letter, say “cap” then the word.

To capitalize all letters in a word, say “all caps” then the word.

To capitalize all letters in a phrase, say “all caps on” then the phrase then “all caps off”.

To put quotation marks around a phrase, say “quote” then the phrase then “end quote”.

Tablet The microphone is a tiny slit in the top edge’s center.

Phone The main microphone is a horizontal slit in the phone’s top border (between the screen and the phone’s top edge). An extra microphone is a pinhole in the phone’s backside.

Tablet  Tap the Keyboard key (which is at the bottom-right corner).

Phone  Tap “Done” (which is at the screen’s top-right corner).

Tablet Tap the New Note icon (which is at the screen’s top-right corner and looks like a pencil writing on a sheet of paper).

Phone If you see the keyboard, hide it (by tapping “Done”). Tap the New Note icon (which is at the screen’s bottom-right corner and looks like a pencil writing on a sheet of paper).

Tablet The Trash Can is near the screen’s top-right-corner.

Phone You’ll see the Trash Can at the screen’s bottom-left corner, after you hide the keyboard.

If it’s green, the battery’s is in a good mood because it’s charging and the device is plugged in.

If it’s white, the device is not plugged in.

If it’s black, the device is not plugged in and you’re in the middle of running an app (such as Notes).

If it’s red, the battery’s charge is almost gone.

Tap the Sleep/Wake button again (or tap the Home button or, for the phone, just lift the phone from your table). Then, when the screen’s bottom says “press home to open”, tap the Home button again.

Hold down the Sleep/Wake button (which sticks out of the tablet’s top edge, the phone’s right edge), until you see “slide to power off”. Left of “slide to power off”, you see a red circle. Drag the red circle toward the right, until it disappears.

Hold down the Sleep/Wake button until the screen lights up. Then release your finger.

You see an eaten black apple. Wait. Several seconds later, you’ll see the Home screen.

Tablet Landscape mode is available usually. For example, it’s available for the Home screen and Notes.

Phone Landscape mode is available for most apps (such as “Notes”) but not for fundamentals (such as the Home screen).

Phone calls

 1          2          3

                      ABC                  DEF

 4          5          6

  GHI                 JKL                  MNO

 7          8          9

 PQRS                 TUV                  WXYZ

 *          0          #

                       +

You don’t have to tap 1 first.

If the number you’re calling has the same area code as your phone, you don’t have to tap the area code.

Calls you made are black and show an arrow coming out of a phone.

Calls you received are black and show no arrow.

Calls you missed or refused are red.

For each phone number and each day, the list usually mentions just the day’s last call involving that phone number.

If the phone’s been on and normal, the phone suddenly plays music, vibrates, and shows who called (the phone number or person). Tap the “Accept” icon (which is a green circle). Put the phone next to your cheek. Chat. Then tap the red circle (which means “End”).

If the phone’s been sleeping, (so the screen is entirely black but the phone is still using a trickle of electricity), the phone suddenly plays music and vibrates, and shows the Lock screen & phone number. Put your finger on the green circle next to “slide to answer” and swipe to the right. Put the phone next to your cheek. Chat. Then tap the red circle (which means “End”).

If the phone’s been totally off (so the screen is entirely black and the phone is using no electricity) or you reject the call (by ignoring it or tapping the “Decline” icon, which is a red circle), Verizon sends the caller to the voicemail system.

If you’re in the middle of a previous phone call, the phone does this
call-waiting procedure: the phone beeps and shows the phone number. Tell the previous person, “Excuse me a moment”. Tap the “Hold & Accept” icon. Chat with the second person briefly (while the previous person is on hold). Then end that call (by tapping the red circle). Return to chatting with the previous person.

“I’m sorry. The person you are trying to reach has a voice mailbox that has not been set up yet. Please try your call again later. Good-bye.”

Tap the “Voicemail” icon (which is at the Phone screen’s bottom-right corner and shows a picture of a cassette tape). Verizon’s female robot will talk to you. Follow her instructions: tap the numbers and say the phrases she asks for.

If the screen says “Swipe to listen”, put your finger on that and swipe to the right.

Otherwise, if the screen says “Listen”, tap that.

Otherwise, tap the “Voicemail” icon (at the Phone screen’s bottom-right corner). If you see a list of messages that came in, tap the message you want to hear, then tap “„”.

To the right of that phone number, you see a circled “i”. Tap that “i” then “Create New Contact”. (If you don’t see “Create New Contact” yet, make it appear by doing this: put your finger in the screen’s middle and swipe up.)

You see a typewriter keyboard. On that keyboard, type the person’s first name (if you know it). Then tap the “return” key. Type the person’s last name (if you know it). Tap the “return” key”. Tap the name of the company (if any).

When you finish typing, tap “Done” (which is at the screen’s top-right corner). If the screen says “Enter the Facebook password”, tap “Cancel”.

Tap the “Recents” icon (at the screen’s bottom).

Tap the “Contacts” icon (which is at the Phone screen’s bottom).

You see the contacts list, which is a list of people (and companies), normally alphabetized by the person’s last name. If the list is too long to fit on the screen, scroll down (by putting your finger in the screen’s middle and flicking up).

Tap the person you want to call. You see the person’s phone number. Tap it.

Tap the “Contacts” icon (so you see the contacts list). Find that person on the contacts list. Tap that person then “Add to Favorites” (which you see after you put your finger in the screen’s middle and swipe up) then “Call”.

Tap the “Favorites” icon (which is at the Phone screen’s bottom-left corner and looks like a star). You see the favorites list (which is shorter than the contacts list). Tap the person you want to call.

Tap “Edit” (which is at the screen’s top-right corner) then the person’s red circle then “Delete” then “Done”.

Instead of putting the phone next to your cheek, put the phone on your desk then tap the “speaker” icon.

If you press the top Volume button (the big button nearer the phone’s top edge), you increase the volume.

If you press the bottom Volume button (the button nearer the phone’s bottom edge), you decrease the volume.

If you press a Volume button when you’re in the middle of a phone call, you affect how you hear the other person’s voice.

If you press a Volume button when you’re not in the middle of a phone call, you affect the volume of the ringtone (the music that alerts you a call is coming in).

If you tap a Volume button while the ringtone is playing, the phone assumes you don’t like the ringtone, so the phone mutes the ringtone temporarily (just for this particular call).

Phone the first friend. Say “Wait a moment while I set up a 3-way call.” Tap the “add call” icon (which is a “+” sign) when it becomes bright (instead of dim).

Phone the second friend. When the second friend answers, say “Wait a moment while I set up a 3-way call.” Tap the “merge calls” icon (which shows two highways merging) when it becomes bright (instead of dim).

Enjoy your 3-way call! When you finish chatting, tap “End”.

Contacts-list method Make the contacts list appear. (To do that, tap the “Contacts” icon, which is at the Phone screen’s bottom. If the screen’s top-left corner says “<”, tap the “Contacts” icon again, to make the “<” disappear.)

Swipe up or down, until you find the person you want. Tap that person.

At the screen’s left edge, you see a chat bubble (“)”) in a blue circle. Tap that bubble.

Messages-app method Tap the “Messages” icon. It’s at the Home screen’s bottom, just above the word “Messages”, and shows a chat bubble (“)”) in a green box.

Then make sure the screen’s top-left corner says “Edit”. (If the screen’s top-left  corner says “<” instead, tap that to make “Edit” appear.)

You see a list of people you recently communicated with by text messages. If the person you want is on that list, tap the person; otherwise, do the following.… Tap the “New message” icon (which is near the screen’s top-right corner and looks like a pencil writing on a sheet of paper). Start typing the person’s first name (or last name); you’ll see a list of matching people; tap the person you want.

Text stage If you were in the middle of texting with that person, you see the person’s message to you immediately.

List stage If you were in the middle of looking at a list of people you’ve been texting with, the computer rings its bell. You see a blue dot in front of that person’s name. Tap the person’s name. Then you’re in text stage.

Other-app stage If you were in the middle of another app (or looking at the Home screen), the computer rings its bell. You see “now” at the screen’s top, briefly. Try to tap “now” (which will put you in text stage). If you fail to tap “now”, tap the Messages icon (which is on the Home screen and has a red circle indicating a message came in); then you’ll be in text stage or list stage.

Sleep stage If the phone was sleeping, it wakes up, rings its bell, and says who called. Put your finger on that caller info and swipe to the right (because if you don’t, the phone will ring its bell occasionally until you do). When you’ve finally swiped, you’ll be in text stage or list stage.

Off stage If the phone was completely off (so it used no electricity), the phone will check for text messages when you turn it back on. It will realize a text message had been sent. You’ll be in Other-app stage.

Tap “Text Message” (or “Text Me…”, which then becomes “Text Message”). Type your reply then tap “Send”.

Messages written by friends have a gray background and appear at the screen’s left edge.

Calendar

Tablet Tap the word “Month” (which is near the screen’s top). To make sure the calendar includes today, tap the word “Today” (which is at the screen’s bottom-left corner).

Phone Make sure the phone is in portrait mode (not landscape). To make sure the calendar includes today, tap the word “Today” (which is at the screen’s bottom-left corner). Tap this month’s name.

Swipe method Put your finger in the screen’s middle then slide up (to see later months) or slide down (to see earlier months).

Tap method Tap “Year” (which is near the screen’s top). Then tap the month you want.

Swipe method Put two fingers in the screen’s middle then slide up (to see later months) or slide down (to see earlier months).

Tap method Tap the year (which is near the screen’s top-left corner). Then tap the month you want.

Reminders

Tap the task’s name. Then use the keyboard to edit the name.

Tap the task’s name, then tap the “i” that’s to the right of the task’s name. Tap the circle that’s to the right of “Remind me on a day”, so you see green next to the circle. Tap “Alarm”.

Scroll (through the suggested date, hour, minutes, and AM/PM, by flicking your finger) until the moment you want the alarm to ring is highlighted. Tap “Done” (which is at the tablet screen’s top, the phone screen’s top-right corner).

Make the keyboard disappear. Put your finger at the end of the task’s name, pressing just lightly, and immediately slide the task’s name to the left. Tap “Delete” (which is at the screen’s right edge).

Cameras

Tablet  The camera has 1280×960 pixels, 1.2 megapixels.

Phone  The camera has super-HD, 2592×1936 pixels, 5 megapixels.

Tablet  The camera has super-HD, 2592×1936 pixels, 5 megapixels.

Phone  The camera has 12 megapixels.

Home-screen method On the Home screen, tap the Camera icon.

Lock-screen method When the screen says “Press home to open” (because you just woke the device), put your finger in the screen’s middle and swipe to the left.

Anytime method Put your finger on the device’s bottom border, to the right of the Home button, then swipe up. If the screen says “Continue”, tap that. You see the Control Center (a box full of icons at the screen’s bottom). Tap the Camera icon, which should be at the screen’s bottom-right corner; if it’s not there yet, make it appear by putting your finger in the Control Center’s middle and swiping to the right.

Tablet  That button is at the screen’s right edge.

Phone  That button is at the screen’s bottom-right corner.

Tablet  Those words are on the screen’s right edge.

Phone  Those words are near the Home button.

If “PHOTO”   is yellow, the device acts as a simple camera to take a photo.

If “VIDEO”    is yellow, the device acts as a movie camera to make a movie.

If “SQUARE” is yellow, the device will take a photo that’s square.

Phone If you chose “PHOTO”, the screen’s top shows a target (circles inside circles). If the target is white, the photo will be normal; that’s probably what you want! If the target is yellow instead, the “photo” will be a live photo, which is a short movie (including sound), lasting 3 seconds (including 1½ seconds before you snap the photo and 1½ seconds after). Warning: a live photo consumes twice as much memory as a normal photo.

Tablet  That circle is halfway up the screen’s right side.

Phone  That circle is next to the Home button.

If you chose simple camera, that tap makes the computer snap the photo.

If you chose movie camera, that tap makes the computer start recording the movie, with sound, and the icon’s red circle becomes a square. To stop recording (end the movie), tap that icon again.

Tablet  Tap the little photo at the screen’s right edge.

Phone  Tap the screen’s bottom-left corner, which shows a little photo.

If your most recent shot is a movie, the photo shows the movie’s first frame. To watch the entire movie, tap the triangle in the photo’s middle; if you want to increase the volume, press the top Volume button (the top tall button sticking out of the tablet’s right edge, the phone’s left edge).

Phone If you most recent shot is a live photo, press the screen’s middle awhile, to see the whole 3-second live photo instead of just its main shot.

To see the previous shot (if you took more than one), put your finger in the screen’s middle and swipe to the right.

To see the next shot (if you were looking at an older one), put your finger in the screen’s middle and swipe to the left.

To delete that shot, tap the trash can (which appears on the screen after tapping the screen’s middle once or twice). Then tap “Delete Photo” or “Delete Video”. You see the previous shot.

To shoot more pictures, tap “< Camera” (which appears at the screen’s
top-left corner, after tapping the screen once or twice).

To return to the Home screen, tap the Home button.

Web

www.yahoo.com

Tablet  The Go button is at the keyboard’s right edge.

Phone  The Go button is at the screen’s bottom-right corner.

www.NyTimes.com

Tablet  The Back button is the “<” at the screen’s top-left corner.

Phone  The Back button is the “<” at the screen’s bottom-left corner.

Press your finger on the word until the word turns blue. Tap “Look Up”. If you see “Continue”, click that. You see the definition (plus other info about the word).

Tablet  The Action button is right of the address field.

Phone  The Action button is at the screen’s bottom, just above the Home button.

Tablet  The Bookmark icon is just left of the address field.

Phone  The Bookmark icon is just right of the Action button.

Tablet      Google                    www.google.com

                Bing                        www.bing.com/?pc=APPT

                iPad User Guide       help.apple.com/ipad

Phone      Google                     www.google.com

                Bing                         www.bing.com/?pc=APPM

                iPhone User Guide   help.apple.com/iphone

                iPhone Quick Start   help.apple.com/iosquickstart/iphone

                My Verizon              login.VerizonWireless.com

Tap “Settings”. Tap the white circle to the right of a “Location Services”, so you see green. Tap “Maps” then “While Using the App” then the Home button. Tap the Maps icon again.

Double-tap method Double-tap where you want to zoom in.

Stretch method Put two fingers where you want to zoom in, then stretch (slide your fingers apart).

Address method Tap the address box (the wide dark-gray box near the screen’s top) then an X at the box’s right edge (if you see an X). Type a location (such as “196 Tiffany Lane, Manchester NH” or “Los Angeles airport” or “White House”). At the end of your typing, tap the keyboard’s Search key.

2-finger-tap method Tap the screen by using 2 fingers simultaneously (at the same time) instead of just 1 finger.

Pinch method Pinch your fingers (by putting two fingers on the screen then sliding the fingers toward each other).

Map type  Meaning

simple Map a drawing of the streets

Satellite       an aerial photo (taken by a satellite), with streets labeled

Transit         a drawing of streets, plus bus&train&subway stops&routes

Tablet Tap “Directions” (which is at the screen’s top-left corner). At the screen’s bottom, tap “Drive” (if you’re going by car) or “Walk” (if you have good legs & patience) or “Transit” (if you’re in a city and going by public transportation). You see how long the trip will take. Tap “Details” (to get a list of turns to make) or “GO” (to make the tablet say your first turn, wait for you to accomplish it, then say your next turn, etc., until you reach your destination or you tap “End”, which makes the tablet shut up).

Phone Tap “Directions” (which is at the screen’s bottom). Tap “Drive” (if you’re going by car) or “Walk” (if you have good legs & patience) or “Transit” (if you’re in a city and going by public transportation) or “Ride” (if you’re using a ride-booking app). You see how long the trip will take and the total distance. Tap “GO”. A woman’s voice will start talking to you. She’ll tell you how to start. When you get near the next turn, she’ll warn you and tell you what to do. If you have trouble understanding her voice, don’t worry: her words appear on the screen. The screen’s bottom-left corner shows when you’ll probably arrive at your final destination (such as “2:37”.). If you tap the screen’s top, she’ll repeat what she said. If you want her to shut up and forget about the rest of the trip, tap “End” then “End Route”.

Mail

Tablet  The Mail icon is typically at the screen’s bottom.

Phone  The Mail icon is typically at the screen’s top-left corner.

What e-mail address have you been using on your other computers? You see this list of e-mail types: iCloud, Microsoft Exchange, Google Gmail, Yahoo, AOL, Microsoft Hotmail Outlook, other. Tap the correct type.

You’ll see a form. Fill it in, by typing on the keyboard. For example, if you chose Google Gmail or Yahoo or AOL or other, do this: tap “Name”, type your name (as you’d like it to appear in all e-mail messages you send (such as “Russ Walter”), tap the Return key, type the e-mail address that was assigned to you by your e-mail provider (such as “SecretGuide@comcast.net”), tap the Return key, and type the password that you registered with your e-mail provider.

When you finish filling in the form, tap the blue Next button.

Then start fresh, by pressing the Home button then tapping “Mail”.

Tablet  Then the screen’s left column shows a list of messages that came in.

Phone  Then the screen shows a list of messages that came in.

Tap the message. Then you see the message’s details.

(Then if you want to delete that message from your device, tap the trash can, which is near the phone’s bottom but tablet’s top-right corner. That moves the message to the trash folder for a week, after which the message will vanish from your device. But the message is still in your e-mail provider’s computer, so your other computers can still access it.)

When you finish reading (and maybe deleting) that message, tap “Inbox” again.

Then you see the list of messages again, so you can examine them.

A blue dot appears before each message you haven’t read yet.

Tablet  Put your finger in the screen’s left column and swipe down.

Phone  Put your finger in the screen’s middle and swipe down.

Tablet  Tap the pencil-in-a-box (which is near the screen’s top-right corner) twice.

Phone  Tap the pencil-in-a box (which is at the screen’s bottom-right corner).

Tablet  That arrow is near the screen’s top-right corner.

Phone  That arrow is near the screen’s bottom-right corner.

Tap “Forward”. Type the friend’s e-mail address; at the end, tap the return key. Tap the white space above “Sent from my”. Type a comment, such as “Here’s the joke Mary sent me.” Below “Begin forwarded message”, the computer automatically puts a copy of the message you’re forwarding. (The copy might temporarily hide under the keyboard, but you can see it by swiping up.) Tap the blue Send button.

Apple ID

Tablet Put your finger near the screen’s left edge, then flick down, so you see “iTunes & App Store” at the screen’s left edge. Tap that.

Phone Put your finger in the screen’s middle, then swipe up or down, until you see “iTunes & App Store”. Tap that.

Tap the black “Apple ID”. Type the email address you associated with that Apple ID.

Tap the black “Password”. Type the password you associated with that Apple ID.

Tap “Sign In” then “OK”. If the screen says “Security Code Required”, tap that then your credit card’s 3-digit code. Tap “Done”.

For a phone, tap “Settings” (which is at the screen’s top-left corner).

Tap “Create New Apple ID” then “Next”. Tap “Agree” (which appears on a phone immediately, on a tablet when you scroll down by flicking your finger up). Then tap the bigger “Agree”.

Tap in the Email box. A keyboard appears. Using the keyboard, type whatever email address you’ve been using on your other computers. (You probably got that email address from your Internet service provider or Gmail or Yahoo Mail. For example, my email address is “SecretGuide@comcast.net”.) The email address you’ve typed will become your Apple ID.

At the end of that typing, tap in the Password box. Invent a password and type it. (It must be at least 8 characters long. It must include a digit, a capital letter, and a small letter. It must not contain spaces. It must not contain same character 3 times in a row.) While you type the password, each character you type is visible temporarily but earlier characters are hidden by dots (so your enemies can’t see them). So at the end of typing your password, just the password’s last character is visible; the earlier characters are hidden by dots.

At the end of that typing, tap in the Verify box and type the password again. (Your password’s final character will be temporarily visible.)

Tap the Question box’s right-arrow. You see 6 challenge questions. Tap your favorite question, then tap its Answer box and type the answer. Do the same for 2 more questions.

Tap in the Month box (which you see when you scroll down). Tap the month you were born (after scrolling to see it).

Tap in the Day box. Tap the day you were born (after scrolling to see it).

Tap in the Year box. A keyboard appears. Type the year you were born. At the end of your typing, tap the keyboard’s Go key.

Answer the questions about your credit card (which will be charged if you buy anything through Apple). When you’ve finished all your typing, tap the keyboard’s Go key, then tap the blue “Done” button.

Go to your other computer, where you’ll see an email from Apple. In that email, click “Verify Now”. You’ll see Apple’s ID Website. Type your email address, press the Tab key, type your password again, and click “Verify Address”. The computer will say “Email address verified”.

Tap the Updates icon. Tap “Update All” (at the tablet’s top-left corner, phone’s top-right corner).

If the screen says “Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions have changed”, do the following. Tap “OK”. Put your finger in the screen’s middle and swipe up, then tap “Agree”. Tap the other “Agree” then “OK”. Tap “Update All” again.

Tablet

Featured       Categories     Top Charts     Purchased     Updates

Phone

Featured       Categories      Top Charts     Search           Updates

If you tap “Top Charts” (at the screen’s bottom), you can see 3 lists of popular apps. The Paid list shows the most popular apps that cost money; the Free list shows the most popular apps that are free; the Top Grossing list shows apps that made their inventors the most money (because those apps are expensive or many copies were sold or the apps seemed free but encouraged customers to pay later for add-ons). A tablet shows 2 columns: the right column is “Free”; the left column is “Paid” or “Top Grossing”, whichever is blue; to switch, tap the black choice instead. A phone shows just one list at a time; tap “Paid” or “Free” or “Top Grossing” to see another.

If you tap “Featured” (at the screen’s bottom), you see lists of apps that Apple wants to emphasize.

If you tap “Categories” (at the screen’s bottom), you see 25 categories: books, business, catalogs, education, entertainment, finance, food (& drink), games, health (& fitness), kids, lifestyle, magazines (& newspapers), medical, music, navigation, news, photo (& video), productivity, reference, shopping, social networking, sports, travel, utilities, weather. Tap the category you wish.

When you see a list of apps or categories, put your finger in the list’s middle and try swiping in all directions. If you swipe your finger toward the left (or right), you might see more apps. If you swipe your finger up (or down), you might see more apps or categories or subcategories.

Tablet Tap “Top Charts” (at the screen’s bottom) then the magnifying glass near the screen’s top-right corner.

Phone Tap “Search” (at the screen’s bottom) then the magnifying glass near the screen’s top-left corner.

Tablet  Tap one of the screen’s corners. (Their background is gray, not white.)

Phone  Tap the “<” (which is at the screen’s top-left corner).

Tap the App Store icon. Tap “Updates” (at the screen’s bottom-right corner). Tap “Update All” (at the tablet’s top-left corner, phone’s top-right corner).

If the computer asks for your Apple ID password, type it then tap “OK”.

Tap “Next”. Tap “Next” again. Then, for the moment, tap “Not Now” then “Not Now” again. Tap “Allow”.

Tap the time (at the screen’s top) twice.

If the screen’s top-left corner says “<”, tap that repeatedly until it disappears, then tap the time again twice.

If “For You” (at the screen’s bottom-left corner) isn’t blue yet, tap that then tap the time again twice.

If the screen says “iCloud for iBooks”, tap “Not Now” (to keep things simple).

If the screen’s top-left corner says “<”, tap that repeatedly until it disappears.

Tablet

My Books   Featured   NYTimes   Top Charts   Top Authors   Purchased

Phone

My Books   Featured   Top Charts   Search   Purchased

arts (& entertainment), biographies (& memoirs), books in Spanish, business (& personal finance), comics (& graphic novels), computers (& Internet), cookbooks (& food & wine), education, fiction (& literature), health (& mind & body), history, humor, kids, lifestyle (& home), mysteries (& thrillers), nonfiction, parenting, politics (& current events), professional (& technical), reference, religion (& spirituality), romance, sci-fi (& fantasy), science (& nature), sports (& outdoors), textbooks, travel (& adventure), young adult

To turn to the next page, tap the screen’s right edge (or, for a more dramatic visual effect, put your finger at the screen’s right edge and slowly swipe toward the left). Do that repeatedly to read the whole book. (The book’s first few pages and last few pages are ads you can ignore.)

To turn back to the previous page, tap the screen’s left edge (or put your finger at the screen’s left edge and swipe toward the right). Do that repeatedly to go back to the book’s preface and front cover.

Here’s how to get a word’s definition. Rest your finger on the word, until you see it magnified. Take your finger off the word. The word has a blue background. Tap “Look Up”. You see the beginning of the word’s definition. To see more of the word’s definition, tap “>”. When you finish looking at the definition, tap “Done”.

To enlarge a picture (a drawing or photo), double-tap it. When you finish admiring the enlargement, tap “X” (at the screen’s top-left corner).

To skip to a different chapter, tap the ≡ button (which is near the screen’s top-left corner). You see a list of chapters (unless the book’s iPad version was invented too crudely). Tap the chapter you want.

To skip to a different page, put your finger on the blue circle that’s near the screen’s bottom, and drag that circle until you see the page number you want.

To switch to a different activity, tap “<” (at the screen’s top-left corner). You see the bookshelves again, holding the books you downloaded. Tap one of those other books — or tap again the book you were reading (to continue on the page where you left off) — or tap “Top Charts” (to download more books to read) — or tap the Home button (to return to the Home screen).

Tablet

Music     Movies     TV Shows     Top Charts    Genius     Purchased

Phone

Music     Movies     TV Shows     Search           More

New Music

Hot Tracks

Recent Releases: $7.99 or Less

Pre-Orders

Greatest Hits: Albums from $7.99

Hot Albums

69¢ Songs

alternative, blues, children’s music, Christian (& gospel), classical, comedy, country, dance, electronic, essentials, fitness (& workout), greatest hits,
hip-hop/rap, holiday, indie, jazz, K-pop, Latino, metal, music videos, pop, R&B/soul, reggae, rock, singer/songwriter, soundtrack, world

If you want that list of genres to disappear, tap “Cancel” (which is at the list’s top).

If you want to restrict yourself to one genre, tap the genre you want. Afterwards, if you want to remove that restriction, tap “Genres” again (at the screen’s top) then “All Genres”.

New & Noteworthy

$9.99 in HD: Recent Releases

Browse by Genre

Watch Today — 99¢ Rentals

Under $10 in HD: Editors’ Choice

Bundles at Limited-Time Prices

Top Kids & Family

Under $10 in HD: Family-Friendly Movies

Top Pre-Orders

action (& adventure), classics, comedy, documentary, drama, essentials, foreign, horror, independent, kids (& family), music, romance,
sci-fi (& fantasy), short films, sports, thriller, western

If you want that list of genres to disappear, tap “Cancel” (which is at the list’s top).

If you want to restrict yourself to one genre, tap the genre you want. Afterwards, if you want to remove that restriction, tap “Genres” again (at the screen’s top) then “All Genres”.

Tablet Tap “HD” (for “high definition”) or “SD” (for “standard definition”, which is cheaper).

Phone The phone assumes you want HD (high definition). If you want to switch to SD (standard definition, which is cheaper), put your finger in the screen’s middle and flick up until you see the bottom line (“Also Available in SD”); tap that line.

animation, classic, comedy, drama, kids, nonfiction, reality TV,
sci-fi (& fantasy), sports (& fitness)

If you want that list of genres to disappear, tap “Cancel” (which is at the list’s top).

If you want to restrict yourself to one genre, tap the genre you want. Afterwards, if you want to remove that restriction, tap “Genres” again (at the screen’s top) then “All Genres”.

Tablet Tap “HD” (for “high definition”) or “SD” (for “standard definition”, which is cheaper).

Phone The phone assumes you want HD (high definition). If you want to switch to SD (standard definition, which is cheaper), tap “Also Available in SD”, which is the bottom line. (If you don’t see that line yet, make it appear by doing this: put your finger in the screen’s middle and flick up.)

Rest your finger lightly on one of the icons awhile, until all the icons on that page start jiggling. (On the phone, make sure you rest your finger lightly, because resting heavily has a different meaning.)

Then drag each icon to where you want it. (Drag to a blank space, not to another icon. While you’re dragging an icon, the other icons rearrange themselves to fill the dragged icon’s old space.)

If an icon’s top-left corner has an X, you’re allowed to erase the icon (and uninstall its app). To erase & uninstall the app, tap the icon’s X then the red “Delete”.

When you finish dragging & erasing icons, press the Home button. Then the icons stop jiggling.

Go to the main Home screen (by tapping the Home button). Put your finger lightly on one of the icons until all the icons jiggle. Rearrange the icons by dragging (but don’t drag to another icon). When you’ve finished, press the Home button (to stop the jiggling).

Settings

Phone If the phone’s top-left corner says “<”, tap the “<” repeatedly until it disappears.

Airplane Mode, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Cellular (just on phone), Notifications, Control Center, Do Not Disturb, General, Display & Brightness, Wallpaper, Sounds, Siri, Passcode (just on tablet), Touch ID & Passcode (just on phone), Battery, Privacy, iCloud, iTunes & App Store, Wallet & Apple Pay (just on phone), Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Notes, Reminders, Phone (just on phone), Messages, FaceTime, Maps, Compass (just on phone), Safari, News, Music, TV, Photos & Camera, iBooks, Podcasts, iTunes U, Game Center, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Vimeo, TV Provider

About, Software Update, Spotlight Search, Handoff, Multitasking (just on tablet), CarPlay (just on phone), Accessibility, Lock Rotation (just on tablet),
Mute (just on tablet), Storage & iCloud Usage, Background App Refresh, Restrictions, Date & Time, Keyboard, Language & Region, Dictionary, iTunes Wi-Fi Sync, VPN, Regulatory, Reset

If you tap “About”, you get info about your device. For example, you find out your device’s Model number, Serial Number, iOS Version number (such as 10.1.1), Capacity (how many gigabytes your device can hold, beyond the operating system), how many of those gigabytes are still Available (unused), and how many Photos, Videos, and Songs your device is storing. (If you’re using a phone, scroll down to see all that.)

If you tap “Software Update”, your device will say either “Your software is up to date” or “Install Now” or “Download and Install”. If it says “Install Now” or “Download and Install”, tap that to install a newer version of iOS, free!

If you tap “Storage & iCloud Usage”, you see a printout such as this:

STORAGE

Used                    10.8 GB

Available             44.7 GB

Manage Storage            >

ICLOUD

Total Storage        5.0 GB

Available              1.1 GB

Manage Storage            >

Here’s what that means. In your device, 10.8 gigabytes are already Used (by the operating system and apps), 44.7 gigabytes are unused and so still Available. Apple lets you also copy 5 gigabytes to the iCloud (Apple’s own computers on the Internet) free, for backup storage and to share with your friends’ computers, and you can buy extra gigabytes there if you wish; the printout means that in the iCloud, you’re allowed to have 5 gigabytes of Total Storage (because you haven’t bought any extra iCloud gigabytes yet); and of those 5 gigabytes, 1.1 gigabytes are unused so still Available. If you then tap the appropriate “Manage Storage” (for your device or for the iCloud), you see each app and how many gigabytes (or megabytes or kilobytes) it consumes; the biggest apps are listed first. To delete an app, tap its name then the red “Delete App” button then the next red “Delete App” button. To delete some music, tap “Music” then “Edit” (near the screen’s top-right corner) then the red circle next to what you want to delete (such as “All Songs” or just one album) then the red “Delete” button; when you finish editing music, tap “Done”.

Tablet Sticking out of a tablet’s right edge, close to the top corner, is a circular switch (called the “Side Switch”), which you can slide up and down. The up position makes the tablet act normally. The down position usually disables the sound (mutes the volume); but if you want the down position to instead disable the gyroscope (so rotating the tablet won’t switch the orientation between portrait and landscape modes), tap “Lock Rotation” instead of “Mute”.

Tablet “Display & Brightness” is at the screen’s left edge.

Phone “Display & Brightness” is on the screen after you scroll down by flicking your finger up.

Find the brightness circle (which is above “Auto-Brightness” and to the right of a blue line). If you slide that circle slightly toward the right, the screen will glow brighter (but unfortunately also consume more electricity, so your battery will run down faster). If you slide that circle toward the left, the screen will be dimmer.

If you don’t touch the phone for 1 minute or the tablet for 2 minutes, it usually goes into sleep mode, so the screen goes black. To change to a different time length, tap “Auto-Lock” then choose from a menu. (A phone has this menu: 30 seconds, 1 minute, 2 minutes, 3 minutes, 4 minutes, 5 minutes, never. A tablet has this menu: 2 minutes, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, never.) After choosing, tap “<” (at the screen’s top).

Tablet  Sent from my iPad

Phone  Sent from my iPhone

Tablet  “Mail” is at the screen’s left edge.

Phone  “Mail” is on the screen after you scroll down by flicking your finger up.

Tap “Sort Order” then “First, Last” then “<” then “Display Order” then “First, Last” then “<”.

Tap “Sort Order” then “Last, First” then “<” then “Display Order” then “Last, First” then “<”.

Further help

Tablet  Go to http://help.apple.com/ipad

Phone  Go to http://help.apple.com/iphone